I am so tickled that the penguins & polar bears on our holiday cover have had such a great response!

It’s always scary to release a design that we *love*, not knowing if you will all love it too.

Even though we were feeling a wee bit of trepidation, our own enthusiasm pushed our worries away. In fact, I was so downright excited I went immediately back to Kirsten, our ValleyYarns Designer and Penguin Creator Extraordinaire for this:

Can you stand it? He’s so adorable. He’s been sitting on my desk since he was completed and every time he catches my eye I can help but smile. You can get the pattern here.

Our only problem is that our turkey doesn’t have a name. I think he’s a “he” and not a “she”. Not sure why but that’s where I’m at. Tom is the obvious choice but seems so, expected and the one thing about this turkey and his holiday buddies is that they are not your average cute critters.

Leave your suggestions in the comments and if there’s a name that strikes us as the right one for Mr. Turkey then that person will win a lovely prize from us.

I was going to suggest Ben Franklin, because it was Ben Franklin who said that our nation’s national emblem should be a turkey instead of a bald eagle. He considered turkeys to be respectable and courageous, and eagles to have “bad moral character.” But Ben Franklin Turkey, or even Benjamin Turkey, or Franklin Turkey, just doesn’t sound right!